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There are for types of plate margin and they create specfic types of landforms. The diagrams below shows the different types of plate margins.

The link here shows some animations of how plate margins move - http://www.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/flash/2_6.swf
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Video above plate margins as done by the panda from Kung Fu Panda.